New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-09
BOSTON.
sOCIETY-CLUBs-TH EATREs-OPERA.

SOCIETY-CLUBS-TH EATRES-OPE RA.
RosTos Jan. S.-Tho engagement was announced last
week Of Miss Forbes daughter OF Mr. j. Malcolm Forbes
of Puritan" fame, and Mr. Hughes, brother Oh MI ION
Hughes, OF England
The hall at Berkeley Hall Wednesday night to intro
duce Miss Anna Lyman into society," given by her aunt
Miss Florence Lyman, was tho prominent fashionable
event OF the week The guests over 600 In number
There have several receptions OF note during tho
week that held by Mrs Edward Frothngham OF Beacon
a, sl,ternlaw of the Rev. o. i. rockingham being one
OF the largest
Mrs Robert NJ Gushing gave the first OF two evening
receptions and dancing parties at her Beaconst house,
Tuesday night for hor daughter Louisa who was debu-
tane last year. Mrs T. f. Cusbingwho Is 80 well known
I'm New York which Is her old home has been quite Ill for
"a fortnight
The clubs, what with annual elections and dinners.
have been unusually active this week. Last Saturday
the Papyrus Club at ls monthly dinner entertained Mr.
Justin Mccarthy ~ it, guest OF honor At "a meeting
preyios TO the dinner Colonel Theodore r. Dodge was
elected president and Alexander T. Browne son OF tho
eminent lawyer Casten Browne, made ylcc-presi-
dent.
At the annual meeting OF the Suffolk Club Thursday
night tho Hon Leopold Morse oeected president.
The Now England Historical Genealogical Society held
IT'S annual meeting wednesday, when posthumous adj
dress Of late Hon Marshall Wilder was read and
Mr. Abner G. GoOdel r Of Salem. was elected president
The other changes In the official list the election Of
Ganme, OF Providence. vice presidents and Colonel
T. W Teginson put upon the Committee on Papers
and Essays.
The Thursday Evening Club entertained this week
P ~ mi q Professor Francis O. Peaody Of rar
ward College read paper on social science as part OF
college eiucaton Professor Cross discussed the means
of calculating the ecctro-mOtive power Of the
electric arc and Professor Henry Bowdtch talked OF
The Class OF 80 held its annual dinner at tho Parker
House Thursday night. Eight gentlemen were present
seyenty four years old Professor Benamn Porce; the
Rev James Freeman Clarke D. d. William Cray and the
The contents 81 the late John Amory codmans will,
pm mes and az indaon III SOCIETY and business circles
and It IS Tsporied ioda} Nat ne family vi" nan
whose domestic life has not been always smooth and
peaceful has left almost his entire property to several
principal one bcng Mrs Eliza Ann iiales kmbal, widow
Of Edward lscynods Kmball now living IN To
whom he leaves 10000. with an annual Income IRON
Al the theatres Miss For,escuc at tho Park in Crotch
en-" and Mime ModJcska at the Hollis street with A
You Like IT," and " FrUu Frou' aud . llanlcla nave
pretty fairly divided Tho honors and called out about me
same quality and quantity icgn.dins hnhlchces, a. .u
Museum Held by the Enemy has achieved an lmme
diato anu ile Use ,H 80, ~ the dramatic season At
tho Globe q" Princess Ida" will he succeeded by " ia
uence Monday night given by the same company
Tho unsteady minded have been deyo'ng themselves
the American opera this week and nave made great
success of H. Boston Theatre Is ~ IT, best
Opcrn night the size or the stage ana the shape OF me
auditorium admit OF the largest spectacular show and tho
dluscd ytew accordingly the stage pictures ana
mannyrcs OF the Larger operas have been easily and
entirely apprcc lated The audiences have been Large and
fashionable below stairs crowded md critical IN the cir
Giles the cneut yninst the wearing OF tall bOnncta
has been successful nnd the iar-e majority oi the ladies'
in the orchestra aud balconies hHvc without any
head covering Indeed the movement has also extended
into the other theatres. ana heads dfri nave been
numerous all the best places The rrpcIioI! has been
Tie ffa4licuut,, evidently quckcncG up nom Mir
Thomas. Brooklyn tmpt aud -pouiinry animated
faust," calcd-With tie exception OF the tenor tho
nuc, performance ever seen here "Galatca" and the
"Ial Costume dircrfisscmcnt "Orphrus.' IN which
Van Znuicu made satisfactorily strong debut; Lohen-
rrin on Friday night with the Ookyu east: tins after
uo,u Ia," again and 10 night "Jcanucttos cdiug"
ami VIA Tor Al wccA the l,t = attractive, ouer
my Aida The Flying Duchnan" Lakmc," and the
nrt performance an, where by tins company OF Mar
ina" The uew ballet, toppca" l. under daily study,
and there are hopes that II may Dee given on the last